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fortune cookies

fortune cookies is the plural of fortune cookie.

Meaning of fortune cookie

Noun

fortune cookie (plural fortune cookies)

  1. A type of hollow snack, common in westernized Chinese cuisine: a crisp sugary wafer containing a message on a narrow strip of paper, generally with a wise or vaguely prophetic message or random numbers usable in a lottery printed on the paper.
    • […]the Chinese atmosphere of the afternoon was pleasantly deepened with real Chinese tea, fortune cookies and honest to goodness ginger which Mrs. Palmtag managed to find some place (in Monterey)[…]1942 May 8, The Carmel Pine Cone
  2. A quote-of-the-day feature (especially on *nix systems.)
  3. (slang) The vulva of canine species.
    • that's why I love wearing a skirt with no underwear! plus if you see someone cute you can flash them your plump juicy fortune cookie and tease them when they get an obvious bulge with a wet spot :32025 July 27, @talkshowghost.com, Bluesky (post), archived from the original on 17 Mar 2026

Questions about fortune cookies

What is fortune cookies the plural of?
Fortune cookies is the plural of fortune cookie.

Words near fortune cookies in the dictionary

  1. Fortunatos
  2. fortune
  3. Fortune 500
  4. Fortune 500s
  5. fortune cookie
  6. fortune cookies
  7. fortune favors the bold
  8. fortune favors the brave
  9. fortune favors the daring
  10. fortune favours the bold
  11. fortune favours the brave

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